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Ben Lake vs Zöe Franklin

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Zöe Franklin voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

192 same votes 51 different votes 243 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 3 No
Education 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 9 No
Benefits 72% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 72% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 528 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
379
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
53.3% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
177
46.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Appearances
101
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£139,207
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£139,207
38% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API